From 3a37a9636cf3a1af2621a33f7eef8a2a3da81030 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Machata Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:54:30 +0000 Subject: net: dev: Add extack argument to dev_set_mac_address() A follow-up patch will add a notifier type NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR, which allows vetoing of MAC address changes. One prominent path to that notification is through dev_set_mac_address(). Therefore give this function an extack argument, so that it can be packed together with the notification. Thus a textual reason for rejection (or a warning) can be communicated back to the user. Signed-off-by: Petr Machata Acked-by: Jiri Pirko Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev_ioctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/core/dev_ioctl.c') diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c index da273ec3cc57..31380fd5a4e2 100644 --- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c +++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int dev_ifsioc(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd) case SIOCSIFHWADDR: if (dev->addr_len > sizeof(struct sockaddr)) return -EINVAL; - return dev_set_mac_address(dev, &ifr->ifr_hwaddr); + return dev_set_mac_address(dev, &ifr->ifr_hwaddr, NULL); case SIOCSIFHWBROADCAST: if (ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_family != dev->type) -- cgit v1.2.3